smart51
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:37 PM |
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What magazine subscription
Auntie-in-law wants to buy me a magazine subscription for a year as a Christmas present, which is nice. She asks which one do I want. Trouble is I
haven't looked at any for a while.
I'm interested in Kit Cars, DIY car maintenance and looking after / repairing older cars, how cars work and can be improved. What titles do you
recommend?
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UncleFista
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:38 PM |
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PPC is the only mag I sub to.
So, errr, PPC ? 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:40 PM |
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yeh PPC
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carpmart
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:41 PM |
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3rd vote for PPC
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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Fozzie
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:41 PM |
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Another vote for PPC
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Benzine
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:42 PM |
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PPC
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McLannahan
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:46 PM |
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I nearly always buy CKC (Complete Kit Car) and enjoy a good read. PPC would suit your list better though!
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BenB
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 10:42 PM |
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PPC is good though occasionally it goes on a serious diet and you get about 4 articles!!! Some more each month wouldn't go unmissed....
Especially when a certain LBer writes very amusing pieces for PPC!!!
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Blackcab
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 10:43 PM |
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I have TKC and its a bit crap !
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Chippy
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 11:15 PM |
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Yet another vote for PPC, only one I subscribe to. Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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coozer
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 11:31 PM |
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Kit car mags are rubbish IMO, I flick through them in Tesco and then buy my favorites....
PPC, was subscribed but I've gone off it a bit due to the 4x4 project atm, will buy it still tho
ClassicFord
Total Off Road
Flick through FastFord sometimes, waiting to see my MNR in it its coming after having its photo'd and asking me about it... I'll let you
know when
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 11:37 PM |
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We have a sub to Classic Ford - -brilliant mag, loads of rebuild/ remodel/ develop articles, plenty of cross over material for any ford based kit
lover. Has useful ads, lots of decent pics and there is a lot of reading in it -not the usual caption and hype of a thinlydisguised advert that some
of the mags do.
Had a years sub to Complete Kit Car bought at a show and it was so bad I complained and the bloke offered me my money back I told him to have a
peep at Classic Ford next time he was in Smiths!!
mike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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UncleFista
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 12:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
PPC is good though occasionally it goes on a serious diet and you get about 4 articles!!! Some more each month wouldn't go unmissed....
Especially when a certain LBer writes very amusing pieces for PPC!!!
Yeah WTF is going on ?
The 2 (?) pieces by our very own resident freelance loony  have been better quality than anything else in there by far, had me laughing out loud
Also the stuff he writes about is exactly the stuff I want to read about yet for the last 2 issues he's not been in, but the American bloke
talking about a load of cars I've never heard of is given a 2 page spread ?!?!
Seriously, someone needs to have a word with the mags editor..
In fact, I'm off to write an email..
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 01:46 AM |
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I subscribe to PPC and Im also considering racecar engineering.
My Build Thread
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Danozeman
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 09:39 AM |
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PPc for me but i tend to buy hot rod type mags nowadays if i buy any.
I tend to flick through fast car retro ford and classic ford my chavs have at work.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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owelly
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 10:00 AM |
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I suggest Carp-snoggers Monthly.....
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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BenB
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 10:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by owelly
I suggest Carp-snoggers Monthly.....
Knew you'ld join in eventually
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SeaBass
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 11:38 AM |
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EVO is a very good read if your interested in new sportscars too. The quality of writing and quantity of articles is way above most productions.
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02GF74
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 12:09 PM |
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Mountain Bike Spotter monthly or playboy or Classic Ford or Me and my pony.
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richardR1
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 12:14 PM |
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PPC or Retro Cars for me
MK Owners Club Member 1015
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owelly
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 02:54 PM |
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Here's where I stand (just here near the dining table)...............
I was spending a small fortune on various magazines every month. I was picking up most of the Kit Car stuff, Retro Cars, Practical Classics, a pile of
the 4x4 stuff (I like my Landies/Rangies), Mini stuff, Ford Stuff, you get the idea. I once added-up it had cost me over £50 in one month in whatever
random mag had taken my fancy. That £50 would be better spent on chips, beer, toys for the garage, or a subscription to just one mag. So, I went out
to WHSmiths and bought just about every mag that was on my list. I read each mag and put them in three piles. The 'NO' pile, the
'POSSIBLE' and the 'VERY POSSIBLE'.
I then whittled it down to just a few mags. The next month I only bought the mags on my shortlist. I seem to remember it was PPC, Retro Cars and one
of the Kit titles. That month, the kit mag was full of very expensive cars and hardly any hands-on content. Retro Cars had an in depth article on how
to wire spotlights and it included how to earth the relay by wrapping the wire around a self tapper.....
I subscribed to PPC immediately.
I'll also add, PPC has, in my opinion, off-months. There has been issues where I've had a flick-through and apart from the regular stuff,
there's not been a great deal to interest me (I'm thinking the American stuff and expensive motors/projects) but I still subscribe. And I
still have to pay for my subs even though they have used a few of my words in the Staff Cars!
There will be stuff that floats other folks boats but not always mine but to get exactly what I want to read, I'd have to write it all myself.
But then it would be a waste of time for me to buy the mag as I would already know what was in it.......
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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